Google highlights the best apps with Material Design with Google Play showcase

Google has compiled a list of 18 apps that it feels best showcase Material Design.

Just in time for the one year anniversary of Material Design, Google has compiled a showcase of the 18 third-party apps that it feels best take advantage of the design paradigm.

The list was compiled by the folks on the Material Design team at Google, and shows off some impressive implementation of Material Design. The list not only includes some big name apps such as Evernote, Tumblr, and Pocket Casts, but also some lesser known entries such as Weather Timeline and Instacart.

If all of the excitement surrounding Google I/O has you hankering for some more Material Design in your life, you can check out the roundup on Google Play from the store link below.

^^^ This! Some of their own apps (ex. GMail, Music, even the Play Store) suffer from this cartoonish look as well. The bold garish colors not only look childish but take up too much space. :( I'd rather have Jelly Bean's Holo style back, it was much more pleasing to the eye.